Tagged Questions

Use this tag for questions about the ArcSDE (Spatial Database Engine) component of Esri's ArcGIS for Server that is one way to enable access to spatial data stored in a Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS).

how can i read a version within python. for example lets say I set up a workspace which points to a .SDE file connection. Now how can I read the features from a version within python? I have looked ...

I just inherited a server running SDE application server 10.1 against an Oracle 11g database. I'm finding that many connections are not getting properly dropped and stay on as Orphans. Eventually the ...

Where are the GUIDs for object class and workspace extensions stored in SDE for Oracle? I've looked through GDB.ITEMS but can't seem to find it. I think SQL Server stores it in an .xml column but I ...

I have feature linked annotation (composite) in sde Databese and i need to add / load annotation from another Database FGDB, is there a way to do this? or i need to make all the prosses again (Lable ...

I have a python script that updates the data source of mxd's from staging to production. Here is an example of the code:
import arcpy
mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(r"C:\Project\MyMap.mxd")
for lyr ...

I am looking for some information about Editing in ArcSDE in a PDF or online that I would like to read about. I came to the USDA's Forest Service from the USDA NRCS and NRCS does not have ArcSDE. The ...

So here's the situation - at the moment I am having a problem where the more feature classes I load into a ArcGIS 10.2 enterprise geodatabase in PostgreSQL, the slower the connection time becomes. I ...

I have an ArcSDE feature class that contains a date field called "SALE_DATE". This sale date represents the bid date for ALberta crown mineral rights sales. A sale occurs about twice per month (one ...

We receive quite a many spatial data from various sources and export to our enterprise database (Esri). But no metadata is available in Description table. I am looking for a tool or method to get all ...

I'm using ArcObjects for .NET to create an one-way replica from my geodata-service (master) to an ArcSDE geodatabase (slave).
During synchronization I do need metadata about the incoming changes to ...

I am trying to create multiple instances in arcsde 10.3. Able to create and run the first instance. But, when I tried to run the second instance it throws error(attached) in create/enable geodatabase ...

We can't seem to add a database connection from ArcSDE to sql server 2008 using ArcCatalog 10.3.1 from a specific computer with a specific username. When trying to add a database connection using this ...

Tried to copy an address locator from a network share to an SDE database, that worked. Tried the same thing on another database and it shows up in the target geodatabase as an SDE table with LOX in ...

I am trying to have multiple editors editing the same layer at the same time. I am running ArcInfo v10.2 and have set up a SDE connection using sqlexpress. I have created a geodatabase on my personal ...

I believe this issue is is part of a bigger problem causing an issue with an arcpy script that I am trying to have run periodically to load data into ArcSDE feature classes using Append_management.
I ...

I have multiple versions of a database (some protected and some public). Would it be possible to allow some of the database users read/write access to the protected versions? I have read of protected ...

I'm trying to write the SQL to create a feature class and spatial index in an Oracle SDE geodatabase using ST_Geometry. This is how I'm making the table:
CREATE TABLE STREETS (ID NUMBER(11) NOT NULL ...

I understand that the standard validation/repair tools are not for use with ArcSDE and that ESRI needs to fix this, but are there work-arounds for at least checking where there might be empty geometry ...